Transformable walking-cane.



No. 794,833'. A PATBNTBD JULY 1s, 1905.

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NO. 794,833. PATBNTED JULY 18, 19o5.

J. ADAMSQN. TRANSFORMABLB WALKING GANE.

APE'LJQOATIOII` FILED SEPT. 29,1904.

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Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

OF BOONE, IOWA.

TRANSFORMABLE WALKING-CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 794,833, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed September 29,1904. Serial No. 226,575.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOSEPH ADAMsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boone, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Transformable Walking-Cane, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a neat, strong, and convenient cane that is specially adapted lto be quickly changed into a comfortable seat to Support a person when tired of walking at any stopping-place.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements and subcombinations, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows the cane complete and composed of two parts detachably connected. Fig. 2 shows the top portion of the cane in right-angled position relative to the lower part as required to produce a seat. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view that shows the top portion composed of parallel parts adjustably connected in such a manner that they can be spread apart to increase the width of the seat when desired for use as a seat. Fig. 4 shows the parallel upper end portions of the cane end piece hinged to the other and turned outward as required to produce a seat. It also shows a metal bar provided with a screw-seat and pivotally connected with the main parallel part in such a manner that it can be eX- tended across the hinged part, as indicated by dotted lines, to support it in position as required to produce a widened seat. Fig. 5 shows the lower end portion of the cane composed of three adjustable parts flexibly connected with a metal cane-section that has a screw at its top end for detachably connecting it with the bottom of the upper end portion of the cane, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower ends of the three parts are provided with adjustable braces for retaining their lower ends spread apart to serve as a tripod. Fig. 6 shows the u per and lower portions of the cane detachab y connected by a bayonetjoint and the upper metal cane-section provided with a bore to admit the screw on the upper end of the lower portion of the cane. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view oi the upper end portion of the cane in a modified form and shows it detachably iiXed to the top of the lower portion of the cane as required to be utilized as a seat. Fig. 8 is an enlarged top view of the central part of Fig. 7 and shows the pivoted adjustable supports for a plurality oi' parallel pieces hinged together at their edges, and thus adapted to be used for producing a wide seat, as indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view of the upper portion of Fig. 3 and shows how the four pieces overlying the central angular main part are connected therewith by means of iiexible straps, and Fig. l0 shows the said four overlying parallel pieces connected with the main angular part retained in position lor a seat by means of cross-pieces pivoted to the main part.

The numeral 10 designates the upper portion of the cane detachably connected with the lower portion 12 in such a manner that the two parts can be detachably connected to produce a seat, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper part 10 has a screw-seat at its bottom and also a screw-seat at its center adapted to receive a screw at the top of the lower portion 12 of the cane. The screw-seats and screw are not shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and may be made and applied in any suitable way.

In Fig. 4 the upper portion of' the cane is composed of a main part 13 and a part 14, hinged to one edge of the main part in such a manner that they can be placed in parallel position for use as a seat. A metal cane-section 15 is iitted and fixed to the lower end of the main part 13 and provided with a screwseat 16, as required to receive a screw 17 on the top end of a metal cane-section 18, iXed to the top of the lower portion of the cane. A head 19 is provided with a recess in its lower portion to admit the top end of the part 13 and is adjustably connected therewith by means' of a bolt 20, extended down through a bore in the head and iiXed to the part 13. The bolt is provided with a head 21 and the bore enlarged to admit it, as shown, or in any suitable way, so the head 19 can be slipped on the upper ends of the parts 13-and 14, as required to fasten them together in overlying position, as shown in Fig. 3, or adjusted, as shown in Fig. 4, as required to spread the overlying parts apart to adapt for use as a seat. rlhe head 19 is thus permanently and slidably connected with the part 13 to facilitate the adjustment required in transforming the cane into a seat, and vice versa. To the outside surfaces of the edges of the parts 13 and 14, hinged together, are fixed mating metal plates 22, formed in such a manner that they will, when in parallel position, as shown in Fig. 4, produce an aperture through which the screw 17 at the top of the lower portion of the cane can pass to enter a screw-seat 23 in a bar 24, pivoted to the part 13 when it is in position as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. A recess 25 in the part 14 admits the bar 24 when the part 14 is folded upon the part 13, and an aperture 26 admits the end of the screw 17.

Hooks 27, pivoted to the part 13, serve as braces to aid in retaining the upper end portion of the cane in proper position for a seat, as shown in Fig. 7.

In place of the screw-seat 16 in the metal section 15 for detachably connecting the lower end of the upper ortion, as shown in Fig. 4, a sleeve 23 may e used to produce a fish-rod joint that holds the parts together by friction.

To produce a tripod, the lower portion of the cane is composed of three parts 29, fixed to the metal section in any suitable way that will allow their lower ends to be spread apart, as shown in Fig. 5. Grooves 30 in the inside faces of the legs or parts 29 admit the ends of rods 31 to be pivotally connected in such a manner that they can be inclosed and connected therein when they are folded together. Hooks on the free ends of the rods enter notches 32, as required to retain the parts 29 spread apart. A socket 33 (shown in Fig. 3) has a transverse slot in the form 'of a bayonet-joint to admit a stud 34, as required to lock the end of the parts 29 together by means of the removable socket 33.

Fig. 9 shows how four ieces 35 are connected with the main angu ar part of the top portion of the cane in such a manner that they will cover it, and also in such a manner that they can be placed in position, as shown in Fig. 10, to produce a broad seat. Flexible bands 36 are fixed to the main square central portion 37. Two bands 36 are required at each end of the pieces 35, and the straps 36 must each be fixed to one of the sides of the part 37, but not to the same side, inl order to allow them to spread apart, as shown in Fig. 10.

Having thus set forth the construction A cide with the pivoted bar and the screw-seat when the two hinged parts are in overlying position, to operate in-the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In a transformable cane, an upper end portion composed of two parts hinged together and adapted to be folded into overlying position, a bar having a screw-seat pivoted to one of the hinged parts and a recess and aperture in the other part in position to coincide with the pivoted bar and the screwseat when the two hinged parts are overlying position and a head adjustably connected with the top ends of the parallel hinged parts, to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

3. In a transformable cane, an upper end portion composed of two parts hinged together and adapted to be folded into overlying position, a bar having a screw-seat pivoted to one of the hinged parts and a recess and aperture in the other part in position to coincide with the pivoted bar and the screwseat when the two hinged parts are in overlying position, a head adjustably connected with the top ends of the parallel hinged parts and a metal cane-section fixed to the lower end of one of the parallel hinged parts and provided with a screw-seat to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

4. In a transformable cane, an upper end portion composed of two parallel parts hinged together attheir edges to fold upon each other in overlying position, a head having a recess to admit the ends of the two hinged parts when in overlying position, a bore in the center of the head and a bolt extended through the bore and its lower end fixed to one of the parallel parts, to permanently and slidably connect the head with the cane for the purposes stated.

5. A transformable cane comprising an upper end portion composed of a plurality of lengths hinged together at their edges and adapted to be spread apart to produce a seat and provided with means to support them when spread apart and also provided with means to retain them in overlying position when folded upon each other, a screw-seat at the central part of said upper end portion, a

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lower end portion having a screw at its top to enter the screw-seat at the central part of the upper end portion, means for detachably connecting the lower end of the upper end portion with the top of the lower end portion and a head errnanently and slidablT connected with t e top of the upper end portion,

all arranged and combined in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

JOSEPH' ADAMsoN.

Witnesses L. L. LEIBROCK, THOMAS G. ORwIG. 

